Galaxy, Klein Unite Against Malaria

What:
Major League Soccer’s (MLS) LA Galaxy is teaming up with the United Nations
Foundation’s Nothing But Nets—a global, grassroots campaign to end
malaria in Africa. As part of a country-wide bus tour to spread the buzz about
saving lives by ending malaria, the Nothing But Nets “Buzz Tour” will
roll into the Home
Depot Center
on June 5 with in-stadium promotions including a
photography green screen, giveaways, and more.

LA
Galaxy midfielder Chris Klein serves as the club’s MLS ambassador to Nothing
But Nets increasing awareness and encouraging fans to help kick Malaria out
of Africa.

MLS
W.O.R.K.S., Major League Soccer’s community outreach initiative, has been
connecting its teams, players, and fans to send nets and save lives through Nothing
But Nets since 2007. In the three years since the campaign’s launch,
its hundreds of thousands of supporters have helped raise more than $30 million
to send more than 3 million life-saving bed nets to Africa.

Why:
In the lead up to the 2010 World Cup, to be played in Africa for the first
time—where 90 percent of malaria deaths occur, Nothing But Nets and MLS
teams across the country are Uniting Against Malaria to use the momentum around
the World Cup while all eyes are on Africa. Malaria
infects more than 500 million people around the world each year, killing more
than 1 million. Bed nets are an easy and cost-effective method of preventing
the spread of the disease.

Where:
LA Galaxy
vs. Houston
Dynamo

Saturday,
June 5

5:00
p.m.

The
Home Depot Center

18400 Avalon Boulevard, Carson CA 90746

About Nothing But Nets

Nothing But Nets is a global, grassroots campaign to save lives by preventing malaria, a
leading killer of children in Africa. Inspired
by sports columnist Rick Reilly, hundreds of thousands of people have joined
the campaign that was created by the United Nations Foundation in 2006.
Founding campaign partners include the National Basketball Association’s NBA
Cares, The people of The United Methodist Church, and Sports Illustrated.
It only costs $10 to provide an insecticide-treated bed net that can prevent
this deadly disease. Visit www.NothingButNets.net to send a net and save a life.

About
MLS W.O.R.K.S.

MLS
W.O.R.K.S. is Major League Soccer's community outreach initiative dedicated to
addressing important social issues affecting young people and serves as a
platform for League and club philanthropic programs. MLS W.O.R.K.S. seeks
to establish Major League Soccer as a leader for improving the lives of people
through sport. For more information, visit the website at www.MLSsoccer.com/works